People are skeptical about "satanic ritual abuse" in general because there's been a fairly consistent pattern of people inducing memories of shit that didn't happen in people (particularly Dominionist cults) who then turn against their families and their friends-- people have lost their children over SRA accusations, their livelihoods, and even their freedom. And it's been used over and over again to persecute people for following Pagan and Satanist religions and deny people religious freedom. Every single investigation of this shit in every single country where it has surfaced has found nothing. Some countries have gone back on their charges against people caught up in this lie. The US hasn't.

And I agree, it's really seriously unfunnybusiness.